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Anglicist

Anglicist noun: expert on English studies.

Noun

Anglicist (plural Anglicists)

  1. Expert on English studies.
  2. (historical) In colonial India, one who argued for English, rather than Indian languages, as the medium of instruction in education.
    • In the ongoing debate about how best to use the funds for education in India, the Orientalists argued for the Indian languages both as objects of study and medium of instruction. The Anglicists, on the other hand, advocated the dissemination of (allegedly superior) Western knowledge through the...2026 July 28, Claudia Lange, “Colonial birdwatching”, in Journal of Historical Sociolinguistics, page 11

Anglicist meaning in Urdu

Anglicist in Urdu

انگریزی زبان کا ماہِرِ

Forms of Anglicist

pluralAnglicists

Origin of Anglicist

From Anglic + -ist.

Questions about Anglicist

What does Anglicist mean?
Anglicist means expert on English studies.
What is Anglicist in Urdu?
Anglicist in Urdu is انگریزی زبان کا ماہِرِ. See Anglicist meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is Anglicist?
Anglicist is a noun.
What is the plural of Anglicist?
The plural of Anglicist is Anglicists.

Words near Anglicist in the dictionary

  1. anglicised
  2. anglicises
  3. anglicising
  4. anglicism
  5. anglicisms
  6. Anglicist
  7. Anglicists
  8. Anglicity
  9. anglicization
  10. anglicizations
  11. anglicize

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Anglicist (page history and authors); anglicist (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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